Podcasts Education Self-Improvement Conversations with Tyler William MacAskill on Effective Altruism, Moral Progress, and Cultural Innovation

William MacAskill on Effective Altruism, Moral Progress, and Cultural Innovation

Published: Aug. 10, 2022, noon

When Tyler is reviewing grants for Emergent Ventures, he is struck by how the ideas of effective altruism have so clearly influenced many of the smartest applicants, particularly the younger ones. And William MacAskill, whom Tyler considers one of the world\u2019s most influential philosophers, is a leading light of the community.

William joined Tyler to discuss why the movement has gained so much traction and more, including his favorite inefficient charity, what form of utilitarianism should apply to the care of animals, the limits of expected value, whether effective altruists should be anti-abortion, whether he would side with aliens over humans, whether he should give up having kids, why donating to a university isn\u2019t so bad, whether we are living in \u201chingey\u201d times, why buildering is overrated, the sociology of the effective altruism movement, why cultural innovation matters, and whether starting a new university might be next on his slate.

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Recorded July 7th, 2022

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